Why does my weight come back after a diet?
Recently, a tragic story has been unfolded in front of many Australians about the popular current problem program.
We were compassionate and vigilant when Australia's fattest men opened their hearts to recent serious weight loss attempts.
About 12 months ago, he weighed about 700 pounds and underwent life-threatening surgery to lose weight.
I'm sure some people haven't been exposed to this man's depression or plight. Despite the surgery, he was unable to survive physically and mentally almost every day today. He shared with us a feeling of despair and a desire to end it all.
It wasn't just his size that caused his depression. He had to deal with his disappointment and hurt heart.
You see, the operation was successful.
After the surgery, he soon lost well over 100 pounds and he and his family were excited. But then something unthinkable happened.
I'm back in weight. Today he weighs more than 300 kilograms more than before surgery.
This is an extreme case, but it still raises the question that many people continue to struggle with.
Why do you get your weight back soon after dieting?
To answer this, you need to understand how much energy your body needs. For every pound you get, you need 12 calories a day to maintain your weight.
If you weigh 120 pounds, you need 120 x 12 calories, or 1440 calories per day, to maintain that weight.
When you eat and drink more calories than your body needs, extra energy is stored as fat. It takes an additional 3,600 calories to make a pound of fat.
In this example, if your normal daily calorie intake is 2000 calories, you will consume 45 pounds of fat in about 30 days.
Next, suppose you eat a restricted diet and reduce your calorie consumption from half to 1,000 calories per day. They continued this diet for about a month, lost 10 pounds, and now weigh 110 pounds.
Losing weight makes you feel better, but frustration and lack of energy keep you from catching up with this restrictive regime.
So you adjust your diet and return to your normal 2,000 calories daily routine. Remember that you are lighter now and your body needs less energy to maintain its new weight. Now you need 110x12. That's 1320 calories per day.
In this case, it's lighter than before, so if you burn 2000 calories a day, you can regain your weight in just 2425 days.
If you want to maintain your weight, you need to consistently change your diet to make sure your body isn't eating more than you need.
You cannot continue to eat the same amount and/or combination of foods that caused you to be overweight. This requires understanding the nutritional value of food, increasing muscle mass and exercise, and boosting the body's metabolism.
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